Welcome to The Helen Mirren Archives, your premiere web resource on the British actress. Best known for her performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, "Prime Suspect" and her Oscar-winning role in "The Queen", Helen Mirren is one of the world's most eminent actors today. This unofficial fansite provides you with all latest news, photos and videos on her past and present projects.  Enjoy your stay.
Celebrating
10 years
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Jul
19
2015

The photo gallery has been updated with pictures of Helen’s public appearances in 2013. It has not yet another busy year, with the West End opening of “The Audience”, for which she won the Olivier award, her performance in “Hitchcock” for which she received Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG nominations, and her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With these additions, the gallery now boasts over 100.000 pictures. That’s amazing – and insane, because most of the public appearances haven’t been added yet, so there’s much more to come.



Jul
15
2015

Helen Mirren can be seen out and about in Italy these days. On July 09, she was honored with the Apoxiomeno Award in Florence. On July 13 and 14, she and husband Taylor Hackford have attended the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest. Pictures from all events have been added to the photo gallery. Edit: Pictures from Ischia’s day 4 and 5 have been added as well.


Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Ischia Global Film & Music Fest – Day 5
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Ischia Global Film & Music Fest – Day 4
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Ischia Global Film & Music Fest – Day 2
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Ischia Global Film & Music Fest – Day 1
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Helen Mirren Honored with Apoxiomeno Award

Jun
21
2015

There’s no slowing down for Helen since her Tony win. Last week, she has attended the New York premiere of Julie Taymor’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the Wrap’s Power Women Breakfast (you can watch her conversation panel here). Helen has also been honored by The World Jewish Congress for her work in “Woman in Gold”. Pictures from all events have been added to the photo gallery.



Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Honor By The World Jewish Congress
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – The Wrap’s Power Women Breakfast
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” New York Premiere

Jun
13
2015

Over 100 additional pictures from the Tony Awards’ arrivals, show and press room have been added to the photo gallery, alongside some funny pictures of Helen’s backstage visit at Broadway’s “Hand of God”.


Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – “Hand of God” Broadway Visit
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Arrivals
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Show
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Press Room

Jun
08
2015

Congratulations to Helen Mirren for winning the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play for “The Audience”. This is the icing on the cake of an already astonishing season. Helen now joins the ranks of a selected group of actors to have won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony. Now, to become an EGOT, only a Grammy is missing – so, fingers crossed for an “Audience” audiobook ๐Ÿ™‚ Pictures from the arrivals, show and press room have been added to the photo gallery, with many thanks to Claudia for some great contributions. A segment of her acceptance speech has been added to the video archive.



Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Arrivals
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Show
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Screencaptures
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 69th Annual Tony Awards – Press Room

Jun
07
2015

The 69th Annual Tony Awards are taking place tonight. Helen Mirren is nominated as Best Actress in a Play for “The Audience”, and many outlets are predicting her to win. As Vulture writes, “Who will deny the Queen of England a Tony Award to go with her Oscar?” A Tony win would mean a triple crown for Mirren, joining the ranks of actors who have won an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy. In anticipation of tonight’s ceremony, clips of Helen’s previous Tony appearances – including nominations for 1995’s A Month in the Country and for 2001’s Dance of Death – have been added to the video archive. Look at the coincidence at the 2002 awards ceremony with the award being presented by Helen’s former partner, Liam Neeson and his wife, the late Natasha Richardson, who also happened to be Helen’s co-star in “The Comfort of Strangers”.

Video Archive – Award Shows – 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010)
Video Archive – Award Shows – 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004)
Video Archive – Award Shows – 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002)
Video Archive – Award Shows – 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995)

Jun
07
2015

What originally launched as Stage Sunday concludes today with all of Helen’s theatre performances ranging from 2000 to 2015. The past 15 years have included lots of classical roles for Mirren, ranging from Strindberg to O’Neill, Racine and Tennessee Williams. The theatre pages of the career section have been updated as well, so head over for lots of insightful information.


Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2015 โ€“ The Audience (Broadway)
Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2013 โ€“ The Audience
Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2009 โ€“ Phedre
Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2003 โ€“ Mourning Becomes Electra
Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2001 โ€“ Dance of Death
Photo Gallery โ€“ Theater Productions โ€“ 2000 โ€“ Orpheus Descending

Jun
01
2015

It’s a good season for Helen. Not only does she continue her reign at New York’s theatre awards for her performance in “The Audience”, The World Jewish Congress has also honored her with the WJC Recognition Award for her role in “Woman in Gold” and for helping to educate the public about the issues of Nazi-looted art. A ceremony date has not been announced, but pictures from yesterday’s Drama Desk Awards and Stephen Daldry’s 2015 Tony Nomination Celebration have been added to the photo gallery.


Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – 60th Annual Drama Desk Awards
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2015 – Stephen Daldry’s Tony Nomination Celebration

Jun
01
2015

Let’s continue with Helen’s theatre performances in the 1990s. Due to the success of Prime Suspect, her theatre appointments in that decade was limited but nevertheless prestigious – with roles from Ayckborn (Woman in Mind aka the one play without a picture), Turgenev twice with A Month in the Country at the West End and on Broadway, her third Cleopatra and Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery.


Photo Gallery – Theater Productions – 1999 – Collected Stories
Photo Gallery – Theater Productions – 1998 – Antony and Cleopatra
Photo Gallery – Theater Productions – 1995 – A Month in the Country (Broadway)
Photo Gallery – Theater Productions – 1994 – A Month in the Country

May
27
2015

On June 1, The Shakespeare Society will host their third annual Playing Shakespeare Celebration at The Players. Christopher Plummer will present The Shakespeare Medal to Dame Helen Mirren. The Shakespeare Medal is awarded in recognition of extraordinary contribution to the appreciation of the Bard. Previous recipients include Professor Harold Bloom, Claire Bloom, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Peter Hall, Christopher Plummer, Michael Kahn, Richard Easton, and Sir Kenneth Branagh.